In November 2024, Google.com was the most popular website worldwide with 136 billion average monthly visits. The online platform has held the top spot as the most popular website since June 2010, when it pulled ahead of Yahoo into first place. Second-ranked YouTube generated more than 72.8 billion monthly visits in the measured period. The internet leaders: search, social, and e-commerce Social networks, search engines, and e-commerce websites shape the online experience as we know it. While Google leads the global online search market by far, YouTube and Facebook have become the world’s most popular websites for user generated content, solidifying Alphabet’s and Meta’s leadership over the online landscape. Meanwhile, websites such as Amazon and eBay generate millions in profits from the sale and distribution of goods, making the e-market sector an integral part of the global retail scene. What is next for online content? Powering social media and websites like Reddit and Wikipedia, user-generated content keeps moving the internet’s engines. However, the rise of generative artificial intelligence will bring significant changes to how online content is produced and handled. ChatGPT is already transforming how online search is performed, and news of Google's 2024 deal for licensing Reddit content to train large language models (LLMs) signal that the internet is likely to go through a new revolution. While AI's impact on the online market might bring both opportunities and challenges, effective content management will remain crucial for profitability on the web.

Readability scores for Chatgpt-4o, Gemini, and Perplexity responses to the most frequently asked Ankylosing spondylitis -related questions, and a statistical comparison of the text content to a 6th-grade reading level [Median, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) (Lower limit of confidence interval- Upper limit of confidence interval)].

As indicated by a survey on AI usage in India, ChatGPT was the most popular AI platform used to search for information as of February 2025. Perplexity was the next most popular among Indian internet users, evident in nine percent of the responses. However, a significant share of internet users in India remained wary of AI platforms and chose to look up information using Google and other search engines.

During a 2023 survey conducted among professionals in the United States, it was found that 37 percent of those working in advertising or marketing had used artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with work-related tasks. Healthcare, however, had the lowest rate of AI usage with only 15 percent of those asked having used it at work. The rate of adoption in marketing and advertising is understandable, as it is the industry that most weaves together art and creative mediums in its processes.

Generative AI linked to education

Those positions that require a higher level of education are most at risk of being automated with generative AI in the U.S. This is simply because those jobs that require less formal education are rarely digital positions and are more reliant on physical labor. Jobs that require tertiary education, however, are still the least likely to be automated overall, even with the added influence of generative AI.

ChatGPT has competitors

While the OpenAI-developed ChatGPT is the most well-known AI program and the currently most advanced large language model, - other competitors are catching up. While just over half of respondents in the U.S. had heard of or used ChatGPT, nearly half of respondents had also heard of or used Bing Chat. Google’s Bard was slightly behind, with only around a third of Americans having heard of or used it.